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PRIZk; ABOVE /:.1,000 MUST BE ,C .40,000 Oh L:.24,0m). 44 C.-1 PiTA Ls. Two OF /7.20,000, &c. ALL MUSI' BE DRAWN NExT FRIDAY-LOTTUIS FI NISHES. TO COIZILESPON DENTS. TENTIT EPISTLE to the LI , I7 , :BURGII REVIL,'WERS, Second Part, 'f o-limrrow. *** For LITErtARV REVIEW, , ste the First Page; and for ELEcI.7-on PROCEEDINGS ' see the Last Page. THEAT RICAL REGISTER. Ptilornicd Last Nigla. EIVCi THEATHE.-1! Don Giovanni. End of the first Act, a new Divevtiseinent. After the Opera, Le Prince Trou badour. TirEATitencvAt„DiturtY•LANE.--,0thello:llo, Mr. Kean; Dvsdeniona, Nlrs.liobin,on. After which, Ways and :,leans. TirF.AT'us •OYAL,CovEvr•O.AnnEx.—Gily Nlannering : Bertram, Nlr. Sinclair: Lucy Bertrar,i, Miss Steplicus'.. Af ter which, The Festival of Apollo. To which was added, Husbands and Wives. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA, STRAND,--A Ballet Di , vertiseinent, Atter which, Bachelors' Wives, with Fire and Watur. To which was added, The Bee-Hive. MAILS DUE-1 Waterford, 1 Holland, I Gottenburgh, t Ha,nburgli. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST.—HoIiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East India, and South 'Sea HOUSC3. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To.moitßow. donning., 9 minutes after 7. Erenife.;, 36 minutes after 1% E SUN. SOLEM QULS DICE FIE IA LS t3;‘l U DEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1818. The Paris Papers of Sunday last, which were due this morning, have not arrived. We were favoured this morning with a Trini dad Paper of the 2d ult. It contains an official dispatch, extracted from the Gazette Extraordi nary of Guayana, stating the occupation of St. Fernando by the Royalists, and the following pa ragraph relating an unfortunate occurrence that had taken place in Trinidad:— PORT SPAIN. SATURDAY, MAY C, 1818.—It is with the most painful sen sation we record an event that occurred yesterday, and of cenich we received intelligence this morning, though the par ticular; are not so circumstantial as we could wish. We al lude to the fire which took place in San Fernando—it broke out on the premises of Mr William Flewetson ; and the building being entirely of wood, as the houses in that town are generally, the names spread in an instant: it commenced about one o'clock in the afternoon, at '► by three the buildings as far Last as the Church, and the whole to the North, were entirely consumed ; as also about two hundred hogsheads of sugar. which hail been carted down front the Estates in that tioarter, for the purpose of being shipped. it being the prin cipal deptit for produce previous to embarkation. The loss sustained by individuals must hare been immense; and we understand that they laad not time to save scarcely any thing, such being the rapidity of the !lames. f lis Excellency Sir Ralph Woodford, with his usual promptitude, this morn ing 'sent to visit the scene of this awful and dreadful cala mity, and, no doubt, will du every thing in his power to ame liorate the condition of the unfortunate sufferers. The people in general, we are persuaded, will hear with horror, that the united mobs of the Burdettites and Iluntites last night made an atrocious attempt upon THE LIFE or Captain Sir MURRAY MAXWELL ! in (pitting the hustings he was knocked down by a ferocious rabble, and would most probably have beets trampled to death if his friends had not raised and conducted bins safely into 111cl-lAm:son's Hotel, where it was judged proper to put him immediately in bed, and to obtain medical assistance. Though we have said that ibis horrible outrage was committed by the united mobs of the Burd6tWes and a Hantites, yet there is reason to bel►eve that the large ma- j,)rity of this furious rabble were Burdeltites.— The followers of FIUNT are chiefly a gang of ri,ffi t!!s, who assemble for plunder, and make Party merely a handle for riot and robbery, but the Burdettitcs are absolute Jacobins, who aim at the destruction of Government and the Monarchy. As a proof that the followers of Sir FR kNCIS BURDETT are really the authors of the infamous outrage of yesterday, it is to be observ ed, that the Huntites contented themselves with yells, hissings, shouts, &c. except in the instance of one Ruffian, who threw a stone at the eye of ,Captain MAX wELL, but as soon as the Burdeltites took the field, the most violent excesses bvpn, and last nitil►t evidently amounted to intended murder !! Another goof of the execrable views of the Burdettites may be gathered from the conduct of their favourite, who skulks behind, because he will not appear to give any sanction to the outrages of his followers. To the Burilet- tiles, therefore, are the chief evils, and all the desperate designs of the mob who committed the 1 outrage of yesterday, to be imputed. The fol lowers of the Baronet in former times were equal- ly desperate. Whatever may be the real opinions of Sir FRANCIS respecting UniYersul Syragc arid Annual Parliaments, it is certain that he has sated both in public, and that is warrant enough for his followers, as they know that if Universal aSugrage and Annual Parliaments conic) he admitted r.e!e ‘‘:ould soon he so eod to the Constitution° ;klunarclij, and thtti ail the miseries of the French Revolution Wmild be transferred to tLis Coun try. It is well known that CoBBETT de elated, on first observing the conduct of Sir FRANCIS BoaDETT, that he thought him the tuost dangerous man to a Government that ever lived in any country, at any time. COBBETT afterwards, indeed, teas upon friendly terms with Sir FRANCIS, but, oti farther observation and re fl,:ction, he returned to his first opinion, and pro nounced the Baronet not only a Hypocrite, but a most danzerous Demtsrogue. We are tar from meaning to say, that we believe the Baronet urges the miscreants who support him to the perpetration of their infernal excesses, but we may boldly affirm, that his speeches, in and out of Parliament, afforded them ground for the most furious outrages, and may well induce them to suppose that they are gratifying his real wishes in resorting to the utmost extremities of violence. But, numerous as the Burdettites are, they are, we trust, far out-numbered by the respectable and well-disposed Electors of Westminster, and that if the latter were to assemble with vigour, they might check the Burdettite rabble, and secure the freedom of Election. Tut? CAUSE OF THE COUN TEY is really at stake on this occasion, for it the JACOBINS, that is, Cie Burdettirtes, were to succeed its Westminster, they would raise their heads throughout the linked Empire, and in due time level all distinctions, and bury 'run THRON F. ; THE ALTAR, and every vestige of our glorious Consti tution, under Universal, Suffrage, the meaning of %which is UNIVERSAL RUIN ! ! ! To every man who has witnessed the disgrace ful and disgusting proceedings o( those moss execrable ot all tyrants, the bawlers tot liberty under the banners of BURDETT and Hos:l.—who has observed the open developement ot he long meditated design of influencing and dictating to the Government of the country, by means of a ferocioos t abble, composed of the very off-scour in s, the very feculence of society—nototious ruf fiansand pickpockets, hired desperadoes, villains without remorse or feeling, because without cha racter—who has heard threats of assassination openly denounced by wretches of the most hideous aspect against Candidates, who they know wil a exert themselves for the maintenance of public law and order ; the very vestiges of which will soon disappear, if the populace are suffered to be familiarised to scenes such as the present hlec tion at Covent Garden—typo hers the systematic opponents of Government, meat to whom the proposal of any measure for the public good by Ministers is a sufficient motive for its rejection— persons who make no scruple of sacrificing the general interests of the community to the mean, petty, selfish designs of Party—who hears such buck friends of their Country proclaimed as the only triends of the People ; and the, faithful Ser vant of the Public, who sustains the severest la bours, or encounters the most imminent perils in its service—hardships and Mangers which can re ceive no pecuniary compensation—branded and stigmatized as its enemy, only because a vile and onions faction have striven with success to render the terms Minister and Govertom to tasteful to the undiscerning Mob, by associating with them ideas with which they have no more necessary connec tion than Patriot and Ra;:cal,—to every reasonable man, who remarks these portentous signs of the times, it must ap,ear sufficiently obvious, the number and respectability of the bulk of the Westminster Electors being considered, that there remain to he polled considerable bodies of the most reputable Householders, who have been prevented, by the pre-concerted outrages daily practised before the Hustings, from attend ing to give their votes. Upon such persons we beg leave most urgently to impress a due and se rious consideration of the appalling and dreadful prospect which is held up to their contemplation in the peculiar and NOVEL character of the tumults now acting before their eyes in the centre of a great metropolis, whose example is of such essential import to the rest of the Empire. They have seen what has been effected in the City and Bo rough by these arts of intimidation. Surely, surely the most timid apprehension, if accompa nied by any thing like the glow of real Patriot !An, should be Folioed to active promptitude of exertion, to stem this overflowing and destruc tive title of popular encroachment. Surely a firm stand will at length be made by those in whom the power of effectual resistance resides to pre vent the further progress of this spirit of disorder. Will they permit the great City of Westminster to be again insulted by the ayrannical domination of a Junto of MARATS and ROZESPIERRES, whose furious hostility against the glorious Institutions of their Forefathers is backed by a Banditti of Miscreants who are a disgrace to any civilised State, and whose audacit! has progressively in creased, and will continue to increase, with their injurious and unaccountable forbearance ? We. hope to see the appeals which have been made to their patriotism► responded to by an immediate, a powerful, a general, and united combination of efforts among the respectable body of Electors, whose suffrages tipt yet not disposed of, to prevent the Representation of Westminster from being, what it has hitherto been, the mere organ of a Revolutionary Rabble• Whether the Committee of Sir SAmuF.I. RomiLLY have succeeded in forming a coalition with that of Sir FRANCIS or nor, we hope no time will be lost in following the noble and intrepid example before them in tl►e vote courageously given by Lord CASTLEREAGH. Capt. MAXWELL may say (we quote SALLUST, because we do not address the Rabble) to the Electors of Westminster— " Vos in men injuris flespecti estis." They have it in their power, by hastening with plumpers to the poll to mark their indignation at such brutality to , yards a brave, meritorious, and independent Officer. It is with mach regret that we see the issue of the Contest in the City of London, not only be cause Sir WILLIAM CURTIS has been thrown from that situation in which, though he appeared as a fir in friend to Government, he was by no means the servile tool of Miui3ters. He had always the interests of his country in view, and he opposed the measures of Government when be thought that they were inimical to the interests of the people. He maintained the rights of his Con stituents in the same manly and independent way. He felt that he was sent into Parliament not merely to protect the interests of his immediate Constituents, and therefore, that when those in terests interfered with the welfare of the State, he had a right to act according to the best of his judgment, and the dictates of his conscience. But it is not merely, as we said, on his account that we regret Iris failure, but because it evinces the triumph of PRINCIPLES, which, if they ever become . prevalent in the country, will effect the TOTAL DEMOLITION of the present form of Government. Upon a view, however, of the ge neral return of Members to Parliament, as far as the progress of things appears at present, we have reason to hope .that the new House of Commons will contain a majority, and, we trust, a large one, of those who are firmly at tached to their KING and to that GLORIOUS CON STITUTION which blends - in harmonious order the indispensable authority of Power, with the rights and privileges of the People. WESTIIINSTEItELECTION. Sir M. ME WELL bring ulathle to attend the Poll this morning, in consequence or having re ceived a violent blo►v from some ruffian yesterday afternoon, his medic el attendants have addressed the following Notice to the Erectors of West- mitister :--- Sir M. :11a5vEt.r. yesterday afternoon, in con sequence of a contusion with a stone on the bre t , t, but more especially from the ef'f'ect of a severebiow on the temple, had souse symptoms of a very alarming nature, which continued for several hours. This morning, however, not withstanding he has passed a very restless night, these symptoms ap- Fa r t o h a ve yi e ld e d somewhat to the means adopted for their relief—but he is, as yet, by no means free from danger. J. mq,Eon, i. .T. APDONNELL, ) burgeon; in attendance. Richardson's Hotel, Covent-Garden, June 24, 1818. STATE OF THE POLL AT J 2 O'CLOCK THIS DAY. ROMILLF Isl AX W ELL .. 2475 BURDETT HUNT Our Port Letters of this day contain nothing of intei ebt. LADY EMILY TEMPEST. COURT OF CIIANCERY.-.-TAYLOR V. ANTRIM. This n►urning the Court was touch crowded, in expectation of hearing the decision of the Loan CHANCELLOR in this interesting Case, when his Lordship, after a p►ivate conference with the Parties' Solici t ors, postponed the further consi deration of the business.-No day was named, THE QUEEN,—It is with concern we have to state that her MAJESTY W 29 Much iudisposed early on Monday morning. The REGENT went to Kew in consequence, and we are extremely happy to say that the QUEEN recovered in the course of the morning, and soon after one o'clock was able to take the air in her garden chaise in Kew Garder;s. Sir FRAI'7CI3 MILMAN, after his visit to her MAJESTY yesterday morning, gave the favourable account of her MAJP7sTY't , having had a good nidit, and was much better yesterday morning. Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, the D uc h ess o f ° GLOUCESTER, the Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE, lett town on a visit to their Royal Mother. They remained at Kew Palace till past four o'clock, and arrived in town about half -past five. We have private accounts from the Squadron of Exercise of the 17th instant, Scilly E. N. E. 90 miles it had blown extremely hard the pre ceding day, and they were rolling deep, front the heavy swell, which remained after a calm had succeed.:d the high wind. Letters were brought by the Grecian to Plymouth, and the squadron way all well, PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDEN". (Not from our Regular Corresponden t.) PARIS, JUNE 17.—The French Minister s ' (ni various occasions, have bitterly cot nplainetV °fll : C A abuses of the Press. To hear them on e -3t°111" fancy the State was undone, if an immediare re. medy were not applied to the evil. It wool G seem that the situation of the Throne and the Charts depended on the caprice of a few writers, wh o ' from their garrets, amused themselves in insulting at once morality, good sense, and gramoor'' These Pamphleteers do not cease to write, whe ther you prosecute or persecute them ; they, li ke other fanatics, aspire to the crown of martyrdout• Their impudence increases by the terror they I l3vg excited in the Ministers. Yet France has 17°‘ experienced any of those dreadful catastrollbe: with which they have threatened her; pa)" I add, that these writers, represented to be so " 11' germ's, have, without wishing it, a nd even u neoo' sciously. powerfully contributed to Strength'n 'll4 Government. Itr For, in order to escape the repr o"` well or ill-founded, of wishing to establ i s h a NIP nisterial despotism, the Ministers have 50101 and every (lay seek, to conform themselve s to thg Charter. They take refuge hebird the rampart of the law, in order to be unattackable ; an d It often from this advantegeous post, chosen eithc-1 from taste or necessity, that they defy an d I ‘ oo f bow to bt awe their adversaries. Were i t lot a ,1°- the Liberty of the Press, I had almost said its ister centiousness, it is probable that the M in ; would insensibly have glided into the syst'c rl) ° 1) 3 arbitrary power; it is so convenient and .: turd, so sweet too, to be able to indulge ° ne t , caprice in exercising at pleasure the pow er ` rit e which one is invested. The Ministers, no one to contradict them, have no respoo sibl.- .. a they s(,on shake., off the buttben of the 1 ., 1 6 '' sacrifice the public good to the desire of s' itis i .) : ing their friends and flatterers, and n ialtil liY.l : l: their creatures. The best intentions ( 31111 greater part of them do not want for goo d °le l ; lions), would never be able to preserve timely free ir such a fault. They wish to do right, but in II of own way, without consideriug that the g re° oo number are hurt thereby ; withoUt an oPP °S I II 4 O they would not perceive their own desiatioe i t- ea the right line, nay, they would have Wa nde l l i t i clearly out of sight of it, .without a p osslb i j o i t of being able to return, before they suspe ct " d; danger of the false direction they have Pi nlue ta il it would then be too late. The nation , irritoji and indignant, seeing its righ's trampled o f foot, fancies that it has nothing. to expe ct 'o r justice. It separates itself from the Goverl e which, in its opinion, refuses the protec lv t , ll is has a• right to claim. The legitimate aut" rl l , C o or then in danger, and the Ministers acerric t be i ; people, when, in truth, they have only t° -13 themselves. ' l3° It the Ministry abuse its power, what frg b it to demand impunity—what right has i t f°°l.4 li icff ter itself from that moral 'responsibdi t Y' sc h •i•tit is the first guarantee of polhical resrnsi-f tJrs and which cannot exist without the Libel" 14 Press ? If the Mini3try do not deviat e I e line of its ditties, what has it to fear ? -1 : 11 th e will have more weight on public' o pioion th A p contemptible calumnies of a fesy wretch ed • it tPil phleteers. The people are more just •t 4 affected to believe, and know how a tb scull the mildness of an Ad m i n istr a ti o n, (112 Ty of °llhsP ~ (f sage and paternal ; and when theY ° re , a v they turn a deaf ear to the cries beitreLl envy. tt ' e • But, say the enemies of the Liberty „ a pe Press, should we then leave the calunillY nished ? God forbid : the Tribunals-are at it o 0 tY , . . to uo justice on the calumniators. Po e 0 1 ' g men's tongues because there are some i to ° el l ` a criminal use of that organ ? Ough t slave the Press, because it may somerir nes A r ie °11 ,, C dangerous. writings Alas ! can we „,"- s o 111 ', 4 ‘ . blessing of nature or civilization that linr o Ito" - lignity has never abused : but, does it frier:he co l / thence that men ought to be reduced to ` - 65 ti ( ci di;ioo of brutes, and governed like flee is b 4 Are herds ? The publicity of thought O rr Governments, and strengthens good on es c . o uat r t nistry which sincerely wishes well to 11i P-, is more interested titan even the rob",c r do e " Freedom of the Press, and if the not possess - 41 the independence it ooKli t if there he some unconstitutional pribeiPeods, acts secretly beyond its influence, and t oo iab; Npite of its efforts, to precipitate then 9,lbe irhyss, it is then that the Libe rt Y ;, 1 te e / r - might become a powerful auxiliary; by to the loyalty and good sense of the ' What Ministry had ever wore reason io b e f r i,ol; with the Liberty of the Press than that () es isti t) ,,e XVIII. Is it not by the R ill of the ir r do t force that it has given to public opiiii°l.o,,scace, Ministry has overthrown the gothic fa ,Int l ' fjr iti w,inted to inoculate the barbarity of dr' t 1 on that of civilization ? Wi•hout it, 1 4; ,`,..,0 , A A Ministry have dared to propose to his Ordonuance of the sth Septembe r ; o r . 10 1 , f Election, and the Recruiting of admirable laws ; which consolidate the bail if the Press, free from ail restrsiori'iviitit seconded the generous efforts of the 'l i F a Y° b; b L /~' ~~